Among the priorities that have emerged in recent days is that of guaranteeing the security of infrastructures that are still too exposed: we want to avoid the risk that, with new attacks, hackers could use digital systems to launch new offensives or spread panic. One of the objectives of today's summit was to extend more stringent protocols to exposed and still weak security systems. According to the Computer security incident response team Italy (Csirt), in the first 9 months of 2026 almost 45 thousand assets and services at risk were identified with over 3,200 assets potentially compromised. And in addition to the heads of the police forces and intelligence services, representatives of the National Cybersecurity Agency will also participate in the National Committee for Public Order and Security.
Meanwhile, the Russian embassy in the country has intervened on the topic of cyberattacks in Italy: in a comment on Telegram we read that the "tragic-comic vaudeville" on the "threat of pro-Russian hackers" who allegedly stole and disseminated sensitive data from representatives of Italian institutions such as Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was "entirely staged by the most aggressive and militaristic component of the Italian political elite, for the sole purpose of 'selling' yet another package of military and financial aid to the corrupt Zelensky regime". “The outcome” of this “has been unconvincing and, at times, downright false,” the commentary added. The deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, responded harshly to the embassy's words: "Propaganda and disinformatia". Then he added: “You just need to read some history books to understand what it's about.”
Meanwhile, the hacker group NoName057(16) - candidates to enter the European list of terrorist organizations, on an Italian proposal - continues to target Tajani. "Anyone who has found themselves, or will find themselves, on this 'roll of honour' must accept the fact that sooner or later they will find the 'reward', it's just a matter of time", as we read in a new post published on Telegram, as reported in an article on Fatto.it. The post would be entirely a reply to the Foreign Minister, sarcastically called Antosha. In the text, responses and mockery of his statements alternate, such as the gaffe regarding the length of women's skirts, and political considerations on the fact that "too often you make mistakes and make decisions that are not in line with the real situation", as on Ukraine for which, they argue, "you are just a cow that produces milk (...) but we all know what happens to a milking cow afterwards...". Then a disturbing consideration about the minister's family: "We are happy that your family has got a new dog, you seem very happy in the photo (published by Tajani on his social media, ed.). You should retire in peace, walk in the park, buy long skirts for your wife, eat a delicious Roman pizza."
The G7 summit of foreign ministers has been underway since yesterday, where Antonio Tajani declared: "Certainly the hybrid attacks concerning Italy are by pro-Russian hackers. We don't know if the government is behind it. We can't talk about Russia, but they are pro-Russian hackers by their own admission. We will see who are the directors of the other attacks in Europe. Certainly they are attacks that happen at the same time and evidently there is coordination".
"It is important for us to be united, to give a strong signal of response to those who at this stage are trying to cause chaos in Europe and the West", added Minister Tajani at the Quai d'Orsay. "Wherever these attacks come from, they are hostile attacks. They are attacks against the West, against our democratic system. We must react, organize ourselves, strengthen coordination. This is why I asked Kaja Kallas to put the issue of hybrid warfare at the center of the meeting of European Union foreign ministers on Monday." The head of the Farnesina then underlined that the hybrid ones are attacks "on our model of life, both those on refrigerators and those on blood reserves, those through cyber attacks as happened in Italy, those through pro-Russian hackers who attacked some people in Italy, from Dr. Lo Voi to Dr. Gabrielli, to me".
"Europe is reacting in a united manner against these hacker attacks. My request to talk about it here in Paris at the G7 was accepted and there will also be a very clear message on this issue in the final document", the deputy prime minister and foreign minister reiterated today. Tajani noted that these attacks were carried out by "a pro-Russian organization" which does not mean "that the Russian Federation is directly responsible". "Until there is evidence we will not be able to adopt sanctions at a European level, but once those responsible have been identified we will do so in such a way as to make those who attack the Western democratic system understand that we are not intimidated, but we react to prevent there being any influence, especially during the electoral campaigns of the European countries where they will vote in the coming months", he explained.
